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Teabowl and Saucer, “Boy on a Buffalo” Pattern

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1755-56

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
5 in. (12.7 cm)

Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II

Object numberL2005.10.126

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 3

DescriptionThis is an early Worcester 'Boy on a Buffalo' Pattern Teabowl (A) and Saucer (B). Each piece thinly potted and 'penciled' in black with a Chinaman waving a prod, seated on a water buffalo near a pine tree and a cottage, and observing two sampans, the teabowl interior painted with an insect and three floral sprigs, and the underside of the saucer rim with the tips of three pine boughs.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II